Wisconsin To Receive 13.9 Million From McKesson To Settle Fraud Charges

Circle Connections: Policy & Regulatory Updates Wisconsin stands to collect more than $20 million from settlements with companies whose alleged practices inflated the cost of prescription drugs bought by the state's Medicaid program. McKesson Corp., one of the country's largest pharmaceutical distributors, has agreed to pay $13.9 million to settle a lawsuit that alleges the company fraudulently reported inflated drug prices to increase payments to pharmacies from the state's Medicaid program, Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen announced. First DataBank, a unit of the Hearst Corp. and a defendant in the lawsuit, agreed to give the . . .